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Cangaceiros and Women

Candido Portinari1951

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in red tones, ochre, yellow, earthy, blue, rose, black and green. Smooth texture, transparency effects in contrast to opaque areas. Composition representing three It depicts focusing on the bandit. At the center, women and outlaw dancing. The woman standing on the left almost in profile to the right and wear dressed in ochre and blue tone. The bandit is standing on the right 3/4 on the left, with on the right arm wrapping his on the left hand and woman holding her on the right hand on the chest. Bandit wearing a hat, cartridge belt crossed over his chest, cartridge belt around the waist, suit and shirt in ochre, bare feet. On the left, twenty group and a sitting bandits. All are back and have their heads tilted toward the chest. Three of them are represented sitting rectangular bench with hat over his black hair and full bandit costume with crossed cartridge belts in the back. The remaining eighteen are represented by repeating hats, seen in perspective, in five consecutive rows. On the right cangaceiro they are lying on the ground, dead, shown foreshortened. It is on the left diagonally to the right, toward the bottom of the composition. Vest suit in ochre tones, has the on the left hand on the belly and the on the right on the ground. Nearby, three women kneeling in his direction. One has his hands on his face and the other two have slightly lowered heads. The first seems to be crying while others seem to pray. Further back, thirteen women standing in front of it, with twelve are just sketched and on the left is more defined. Rose floor with geometric shapes in shades of red, orange and earthy. In the background wall in blue and white with door or opening on the left.

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  • Title: Cangaceiros and Women
  • Creator Lifespan: 1903-12-29 - 1962-12-06
  • Creator Nationality: Brazilian
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Creator Birth Place: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Date: 1951
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w39 x h34.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:Cangaceiro, social:death, human figure:group, human figure:man, human figure:woman
  • Technique: gouache , lead pencil , fountain pen
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 1951"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1846
  • Notes: Support affixed to plywood.
  • Inscription: On back of frame, inscription "572”. On stretcher, inscription "3”.
  • Function: Illustration no. 3 for the novel “Cangaceiros,” by José Lins do Rego. Cangaceiros Series
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3004
Projeto Portinari

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